On this day in history, September 7th… Events: • 1191 – Third Crusade: Battle of Arsuf – Richard I of England defeats Saladin at Arsuf. • 1228 – Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II landed in Acre, Palestine and started the Sixth Crusade, which resulted in a peaceful restitution of the Kingdom of Jerusalem. • 1571 – Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk, is arrested for his role in the Ridolfi plot to assassinate Queen Elizabeth I of England and replace her with Mary, Queen of Scots. Births: • 1438 – Louis II, Landgrave of Lower Hesse (d. 1471) • 1524 – Thomas Erastus, Swiss theologian (d. 1583) • 1533 – Elizabeth I of England (d. 1603) Deaths: • 1151 – Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou (b. 1113) • 1312 – Ferdinand IV of Castile (b. 1285) • 1464 – Frederick II, Elector of Saxony (b. 1412) • 1496 – Ferdinand II of Naples (b. 1469) • 1559 – Robert Estienne, French printer (b. 1503)
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